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Ariana Bindman @arianabindman.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Tacos at San Francisco tech events be like

Ariana Bindman @arianabindman.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

In 1999, Scott Adams, the maligned creator of "Dilbert," unleashed the most disturbing burrito on earth: The Dilberito. I tracked down the Jersey-based food scientist behind the culinary experiment to see how he feels about it nearly 30 years later. www.sfgate.com/food/article...

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How a 1990s Bay Area cartoonist created the most evil burrito in the world

"I just remember disappointment."

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Ariana Bindman @arianabindman.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Mindfreak, I spoke to the inimitable Criss Angel, who reflected on his meteoric rise to fame -- and the ire it drew from other illusionists on the glittering Las Vegas Strip 🔮 @sfgate.com www.sfgate.com/travel/artic...

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In the early 2000s, he became an icon. Now, Las Vegas magicians loathe him.

He was Harry Houdini in a snakeskin cowboy hat, and hot moms loved him.

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Ariana Bindman @arianabindman.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Extremely thrilled to announce that my hard-hitting Taco Bell art heist feature may very well turn into a limited series or film 🌮 Many, many thanks to the incredible editors at the @sfgate.com newsroom for believing in me and encouraging me to even pursue such a weird, wild, wonderful story

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Ariana Bindman @arianabindman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Girls in Oakland will talk about how their ex gaslit them and broke their heart and then pull out a photo of this on their phone

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Ariana Bindman @arianabindman.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Spoke with several sources who say that they were followed by men in dark suits and sunglasses, personally admonished by powerful public figures, and discovered that their cars had been viciously keyed after parking on SF's Billionaires' Row. My latest: www.sfgate.com/local/articl...

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'Trying to frighten me': Tension is building on SF's Billionaires' Row

Tension is building on San Francisco's Billionaires' Row, a wealthy neighborhood home to a number of powerful public figures.

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Ariana Bindman @arianabindman.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Amid the delirium of the 1970s, the CIA -- and a group of Northern California scientists with an unusual interest in the paranormal-- attempted the impossible by creating an army of psychic spies. My latest for @sfgate.com: www.sfgate.com/bayarea/arti...

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Unearthing the CIA’s most controversial – and bizarre – California program

In the 1970s, California was a secret training site for the CIA’s budding army of psychic spies.

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